pernicious
adjective
causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful.
perniciousness
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a word derived from
pernicious.
Example Sentences
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We talked to Dr. Chatelain about that history, its intertwinings with the Civil Rights movement and how, for the Black community, "fast food restaurants could symbolize economic possibility or structural perniciousness and bigotry."
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023
“MSCHF intended to comment on the absurdity of the collaboration culture practiced by some brands, and about the perniciousness of intolerance,” Mr. Bernstein said in an emailed statement.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
Bremmer said that the criticism of Buttigieg really just “shows perniciousness in an attempt to smear the guy”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2020
Hodding Carter III, a fellow Mississippi journalist and later an assistant secretary of state, said in a phone interview that Mr. Minor’s understanding of the perniciousness of legal segregation had evolved.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2017
The instability of life and happiness was forcibly illustrated, as well as the perniciousness of error.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown
